In just a few days, the Song army, which had just won a big victory, suddenly had a big reversal, the 600,000 Song army was almost wiped out, plus the losses of the previous Northern Expeditionary Army, the Song army has lost nearly 900,000 troops since the beginning of the war, which is almost 75% of the strength of the Great Song Dynasty, and the loss of the 600,000 army not only means the loss of the Yellow River defense line, but also means that the Song army plan in the entire Central Plains region has no troops.
Now the Great Song Dynasty from the Central Plains to the south of the Yangtze River is almost unguarded, when the news that the Yellow River burst the embankment and flooded the 600,000 Song troops reached the ears of Song Shenzong, Song Shenzong sat on the ground, stunned for a long time, and Song Shenzong said to Li Xian, the internal supervisor next to him: "Li Xian, quickly announce that hundreds of civil and military officials will enter the palace to discuss matters." ” In the Zichen Palace, Song Shenzong sat on the dragon chair with a blank face, and the ministers below did not dare to come out, and after a long time, Song Shenzong said: "Tell me what I should do with the Great Song Dynasty."
At this time, the court of the Song Dynasty was basically divided into two factions, one was the new party headed by Wang Anshi, and the other was the old party headed by Lu Gongzhu; Although Wang Anshi has been put out of Bianjing, the power of the new party is still very large, coupled with Song Shenzong's strong support, the old party has been oppressed by the new party; Now, due to the strategic decision-making mistakes of the New Party, the Song army has been defeated repeatedly, and now the enemy army is about to attack Bianliang, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty.
Lu Huiqing, the temporary leader of the New Party, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, now that the 600,000 troops have been lost under the water of the Yellow River, and our Great Song Dynasty is still empty in the Central Plains and unable to resist the attack of the Eastern Liao Army. ” Song Shenzong looked at Lu Gongshu and asked, "Lu Aiqing, what do you think?"
At this time, Lu Gongzhu was one of the leaders of the old party, and Lu Gongzhu heard Song Shenzong ask if he couldn't help but speak, so he stood up and said to Song Shenzong: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that Xijing treats the symptoms but not the root cause," Song Shenzong continued to ask: "How to treat the symptoms and how to cure the root cause?"
Lu Gongzhu said: "The so-called symptomatic is to temporarily avoid the edge of the Eastern Liao army, although Your Majesty can avoid Luoyang in the west for a while, but can not hide for a lifetime, now my Great Song Dynasty has no soldiers and no generals, Yelu Nelugu is bound to lead the army to chase after His Majesty, so His Majesty can only avoid again and again; There are two ways to cure the root cause, the first is to negotiate peace with Yelu Nerugu, because our dynasty is already in a completely passive position, so once we negotiate peace with Yelu Nerugu, it will inevitably be at a disadvantage, and the indemnity is indispensable, and it may also allow us to cede land."
Before Lu Gong's words were finished, Song Shenzong stood up and said very firmly: "No, absolutely not, it is acceptable to give him some money, but it is absolutely not okay to cut the land, absolutely not; Lu Aiqing, don't you have a second way, let's talk about the second way?"
Lu Gongshu continued: "According to the order, the so-called second way of Weichen is to borrow troops from Western Xia; Now that Li Liangzuo, the lord of Xia, has led an army of 100,000 people outside the Zhending Mansion, he can ask them to send troops to annihilate all the Eastern Liao troops in Yelu Nelugu, so that His Majesty can relieve his worries. ” "This," Song Shenzong said; "Let Li Liangzuo send troops to destroy the Eastern Liao Army, I'm afraid he won't" Lu Gongshu said to Song Shenzong: "Your Majesty doesn't know, this Xia lord Li Liangzuo is a person who loves money, as long as Your Majesty promises him heavy benefits, Li Liangzuo will definitely send troops to help." ” Song Shenzong nodded and said: "If he only needs some money, it doesn't matter when the time comes, but this land can't be ceded at all, so leave it to Lu Aiqing at this time."
"Yes, Weichen will receive the decree, long live my emperor, long live, long live" Lu Gongzhu immediately knelt down to receive the holy decree.
When Lu Gong went to the camp of the Xia army in Zhending Mansion, Song Shenzong took the palace family and civil and military officials, as well as the people in Bianliang City, and began to go westward.
It is nearly 400 miles from Bianliang, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, to Luoyang, Xijing, which is a bit far away for Song Shenzong, who grew up in the court since childhood.
But fortunately, during the Northern Song Dynasty, China's waterways were very developed, Song Shenzong led the harem concubines, princes, princesses and civil and military officials to board the ship in Bianliang, enter the Yellow River through the Bianhe Canal, and then enter Luoshui from the mouth of the Luoshui into the Yellow River, Song Shenzong fled all the way by boat into Luoyang, the Xijing Henan Mansion of the Great Song Dynasty, as for the ordinary people, they were not so lucky, some of these people fled to Luoyang with Song Shenzong, and some went directly south, in fact, most of the people in Bianliang did not leave, not that they did not want to escape, but there was no way to escapeThey have lived here for generations, and there is nowhere to escape On the day when Song Shenzong fled to Luoyang, Lu Gongshu had already arrived at Zhending Mansion quickly, although Li Liangzuo already knew the information that Yelu Nelugu used the Yellow River to flood the Song army, and also hurt many innocent people; But the strange thing is that Li Liangzuo's army has never moved; Li Liangzuo was waiting, waiting for an opportunity, Li Liangzuo was waiting for the Song God Sect to send someone to invite him to send troops, so Li Liangzuo took the initiative.
Li Yi came to Li Liangzuo's side and said, "Your Majesty, Duke Lu is here." ” Li Liangzuo smiled and said, "Tell him that I don't have time to see him when I am dealing with military affairs." ” "Yes, the last general will go."
Li Yi said in response.
Li Yi came to the gate of the camp and said to Lu Gongzhu: "Lord Lu, I'm sorry, My Majesty is handling military affairs, and I don't have time to see you, Lord Lu, please go back."
After hearing this, Lu Gongzhu took out a large ingot of gold from his arms and stuffed it into Li Yi's hand and said, "Little brother, you are helping, this official really has an urgent matter to see your majesty, please go in and report it." ” Li Yi shook the gold and said: "Okay, then I'll go in and report to you, as for whether Your Majesty is willing to see you, it depends on your luck." ” "There's General Law."
Lu Gongzhu said very politely.
Li Yi walked in again and said, "Your Majesty, Lu Gongzhu insists on seeing you. ” Li Liangzuo glanced at Li Yi and said, "Hurry up and take it out, why are you still waiting for me to collect it myself for a while?"
Li Yi pursed his lips and took out the ingot of gold from his arms, Li Liangzuo looked at the gold and said: "This Lu Gongshu is really bloody, this gold is a hundred taels to say the least."
After speaking, Li Liangzuo threw the gold to Li Yi and said: "Take people's money and eliminate disasters with people; Since you have taken the gold, go and call him in."
Li Yi said very happily: "Yes, the last general will do it." ” When Li Yi walked out of the tent, Li Liangzuo said: "Only this once, next time is no exception, if there is a next time, you kid don't have to see me again, just bring the head to see me."
After Li Yi went out, he invited Lu Gongzuo in, this time Lu Gongzhu saw Li Liangzuo very politely, and Lu Gongzhu said to Li Liangzuo: "In the imperial history of foreign ministers, Lu Gongzhu visited the lord of Xia. ” "Lord Lu is exempt, you are an envoy of the Celestial Empire, how can I bear such a big gift," Li Liangzuo walked to Lu Gongzhu's side and helped him up and said; "I don't know what Lord Lu is talking about when he comes to see me this time."
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